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Lauren Bresette

General News

SIA sends letter seeking tariff relief for essential security products

April 23, 2025SSN Staff

SILVER SPRING, Md.—On April 22, 2025, the Security Industry Association (SIA) sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick requesting relief from tariffs for security industry products.  In addition, the letter asked that the Trump administration formulate a process that allows companies to apply for product-specific exemptions. As outlined in the letter, the security industry contributes over $430 billion in total...

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Security Hill Day

General News

Industry leaders bring concerns to Washington, D.C. during Security Hill Day 2025

April 16, 2025Cory Harris, Editor

YARMOUTH, Maine—This year’s Security Hill Day brought more than 60 security and life safety industry executives to Washington, D.C., to share their concerns and promote important policy priorities while engaging with members of Congress and their staff.  The Security Industry Association (SIA) hosted the event March 4-5, with support from the Electronic Security Association (ESA) and The Monitoring Association (TMA). Topics and priorities covered ranged from artificial intelligence...

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Alice DiSanto

Women in Security

2025 Security LeadHER conference program announced

April 14, 2025SSN Staff

ALEXANDRIA, Va., and SILVER SPRING, Md.—ASIS International and the Security Industry Association (SIA) have announced details for the 2025 Security LeadHER conference, a special event dedicated to advancing, connecting and empowering women in the security profession. The third annual Security LeadHER conference will be held Monday, June 9 – Tuesday, June 10 at the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center in Michigan. This carefully crafted program represents a comprehensive professional...

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Mary Beth Shaughnessy

General News

ISC West 2025 sets the stage for the future of security

April 10, 2025SSN Staff

NORWALK, Conn.—ISC West 2025 delivered another year of successful programming and welcomed nearly 29,000 security industry professionals to The Venetian Expo in Las Vegas March 31-April 4, show officials announced. The nation’s leading comprehensive and converged security event, organized by RX and in collaboration with the Security Industry Association (SIA), left a lasting impression on the global security community. Over five action-packed days, ISC West welcomed...

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On The Editor's Desk

Discovering what’s next

April 2, 2025Cory Harris, Editor

It’s time to pack your bags, hop on the plane, and head over to the biggest security industry event of the year. That’s right, it’s ISC West week, which means that nearly 30,000 security professionals - covering access control, video surveillance, AI technologies, alarms, smart home, cybersecurity and so much more - will gather in Las Vegas at the Venetian Expo for a whirlwind couple of days featuring education sessions, awards presentations, corporate functions, a charity run/walk,...

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Don Erickson

General News

SIA announces new chair-elect, executive committee and board members

April 1, 2025SSN Staff

SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced its new Board of Directors chair-elect and presented its new and returning members to the SIA Board of Directors on April 1 at The Advance, SIA’s annual membership meeting, and the following Board of Directors meeting during ISC West. The SIA Board of Directors ratified the selection of Mike Mathes, executive vice president (EVP), western operations at Convergint and former treasurer of the SIA...

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George Sewell

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SIA supports California legislation providing retail security tax credit

March 25, 2025SSN Staff

SILVER SPRING, Md.—On March 24, 2025, the Security Industry Association (SIA) testified before the California Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation in support of California Assembly Bill 976. This legislation would establish a tax credit program for small retailers in disadvantaged communities who purchase or install security equipment. The bill, introduced Feb. 20 by Assembly Member Anamarie Ávila Farías (D-15), would create a tax program modeled after New...

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Also Noted

SIA releases new report on operational security technology

March 25, 2025SSN Staff

SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has released an impactful new resource – Operational Security Technology: Principles, Challenges and Achieving Mission-Critical Outcomes Leveraging OST. Authored by cyber-physical security experts John Deskurakis and Chris Lynch and developed with support from sponsors Allegion, M.C. Dean, ONVIF and Wesco, this in-depth report explores prominent types of operational security technology (OST) and their corresponding challenges,...

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Cypress names Jon Uren as company president, CEO

March 24, 2025SSN Staff

LAPEER, Mich.—Cypress Integration Solutions celebrated 42 years in business on March 24 with a change of leadership, announcing Jon Uren as the new company president and chief executive officer (CEO). Uren, 33, met Cypress Founder Tony Diodato when he became involved in his high school’s robotics team, which was coached by Diodato. Later Uren began working for Cypress under the direction of Diodato and the late Paul Ahern, who died in 2023. “Over the years, Tony and Paul...

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Don Erickson

General News

SIA announces agenda for 2025 SIA GovSummit

March 20, 2025SSN Staff

SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced details for the 2025 SIA GovSummit, SIA’s annual public policy and government security technology conference. SIA GovSummit 2025 will be held May 20-21 in downtown Washington, D.C. Each year, SIA GovSummit brings together government security leaders with private industry technologists for top-quality information sharing and education on security topics affecting federal, state and local agencies. The...

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